Update Your First-Aid Kit

What do we need in our first-aid kit just in case for treating cuts, burns or even excess bleeding? In general, what we have inside our first-aid kit are: bandages, some gauze, painkillers, a tube of antibacterial cream, maybe iodine or hydrogen peroxide. Over at Reader’s Digest Patricia Curtis warns us that “many people still use their mother’s remedies” that are very common but wrong.

After years of research, experts are finding that your standard first-aid response may sometimes be the worst thing you can do in an emergency.

It seems we have to take some time to have a look at and update our first-aid kit.

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7 First-Aid Standbys You Should Never Use [rd.com]

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